The extra Skin that remains – I hope you know, how beautiful you are.

My big sister isn’t only older than me, she also have been the heaviest of all of us – us four sisters. She struggled with overweight since we’ve been children. Three years ago the doctor told her, if she doesn’t get a sleeve gastrectomy, she’ll quite likely get diabetes at some point. So she got a part of her stomach removed.

She never liked to be photographed and she still hasn’t seen the pictures I’ve made. But I hope she knows how beautiful she is – have ever been.

Olivia Sasse

Olivia Sasse is born and raised in Switzerland. She loves a good story – no matter if it’s told by words or pictures. She is mainly working with combinations of photography, video and text. On a daily basis she’s working as a journalist, mostly interest in topics as health, science and human stories. Dealing with the big questions in live, as much as with the small odds. Her personal work is often based on the line between documentary and art.